Geffery Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Geffery Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Geffery Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Geffery (150) may also be a first name.

Geffery Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Geffery Come From? nationality or country of origin

Geffery is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Geffery? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,432,070th most widely held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 33 percent of Geffery live; 33 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Geffery is also the 752,187th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 150 people.

This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria Geffery is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 64 percent reside, Abia, where 27 percent reside and Kano, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 30 percent reside and Australia, where 12 percent reside.

Geffery Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Geffery has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Geffery surname contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Geffery
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